MARIAN LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON DAYTON 9, OHIO
OPP'IC& OP' TH& DIR&CTOIII
Volume V Number
6
February 1950 MARIE
The M!orian Library is backiiJB compl"tely ~n Englis:t edition of MARIE. MARIE is a beautiful Marian Magazine in French edited. by Mr, :S.c·ger Brien of Nicolet ,Quebec, Ca.nt~.d.a. When there i3 a euffi~ient number of subsc~ibere to the English edition~Mr.Brien will edit ito The M3.rian Library w-oul•l like to serve as a center of circulation for this EIJBliah edition" If possible,the magazine would 4ppear in 1951.
A sample copy of the French edition can
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Father Francis Martin S.J. of St., Andrew on Hudson 9 Poughkeepeie,NY bas sent 'Z7 Marian books as a gift to the Marian Library.They make a real contribution,Father,and we are most grateful to you for themo Ask our help,~~ time,Father Martin 10 BOOKS
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;.ny :p'.lblici ty in maeazine ,paper ,parish bulletin or by !DOUth tba t you. ca.."1. give to this Marian ~eterpiece ~ill be appreciated. It appears 6 times a yeal' )4r;.d the subscription price for the English edition is $3.5C a year or $6.00 for two years. The magazine is 8 by 10 1/2 inches 1 and p~eaently has 64 pages;but Mr.Brien is planning 100 page issues for each publication. IICrC. 0f
America says that it is a specialised Mari~ review.It differs rram the great maJority of "devotional" publications by ita matur1ty 7 ite expert-presentation and. what .m.i:'glit "bd"". • called its disinterestedness. It is also an art reviev of the h"!.,gh.,et ord.ero ·rhe Mar!!!!.t! L.ibrary wishes to nave the active 3·ilpport of ev~ry reader of it~ New9letters, ~~of ~11 itz friends,for t.hi3 :x.agazine=MARIE. This is indeed. a ~..d .md wor":.hy projec -+, to aee real:l. zed in thie; Holy Year c.f the Age cf Mary. all o·q,r th~ vorld who ha:Te seen thi!3 renarkable co!lllllented most favorably o:u it. One~~·-::~r ins ~.a.r~ce , says~ "The presentation, the illustrations, t.be Y.l!.r~ l~l d.u, ~rlne !ire a great delight 1:.0 your incre.'lsing read~ e.t" listtt ··I The 1-E.ri~n !.i"b:;.--ary '.Vanta to circulate ocpl~s of the French edi t!on f'or comment. Do you think that !m E:c..eliah e-rJ.i tion of thia review will be ac~eptable to an Enelish r~ad~r-audience of the USA, of England, of Auatralia,of :ndia? There is talk,too, of a Spanish edition of MARIEo
Just very recently,Brother Moral of Madrid,Spain sent us 10 more most excellent new books in Spanish for the Library.One of them he himself' is author of. Thank you Brother.Your continued cooperation is splendid.
ITALY Father Scherrer,S.M .. ,representative of the Marianists at the Vatican reporte that-he secure the services of a Marianiat to get us the best booka in Italian.,Since that letter, Brother Sau.."lliera,and Mr.Ed.Gratsch,and Mro Skupienjall three of the USA residir~ in Rome~ have voluntez,d their ae:rvloea in this regard.o We are delighted.
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MARIE ia known as an excellent and. first class publical-:!.cn, And there is NO magazine like it~ to our kno-wledge. It ~UL~ly doee credit to Our Lady~and what a mo&ument to her c~.uee in the Ae,e of Mary would thla revie·;.r .nake a::nong English spe~king peoples! It is trulY. ·..rorthy of our su1rp~rt--1!.-:1d t:n., :"'1'."-:' .... ~· l)f every genuine rriend. of Our Blessed Mother. Wr1 te then NOW for a copy of t..he uzgazine 1 arJd in your capac:it] give it,please,what publi~!ty you ca.n-~-in ~on~ tacta with people(religious and lay),with or~~zations like Sodalities and oonfraternitiee, 1n articles about it in papers and magazines, in circulating a copy among the devotees of Our Lady. !Jev~r~~ally_.0~'1. ~.,~ d.o enc~ :::'0r 0u:' 3lee·.;e.G. :·lc•'J1lero :.:; ·~z the motto of Sainte. It is the chosen .:net to of the Marl..a.n Li bra.ry. It car. be your mot to also. wr1~e th"n ~o the Marian Library for a copy of MARIE, the F~nch editio~ of a Marian ma~rpiece.
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WASHING!' ON
Brother Robert BrueiiJIIIer S.,M .. has eent us 1300 cards~~~writte~, from the 11 bra:ry of Father 'Jarcl., All of these are booka ~r ~rticles on Our Lady found in Father's pri= vate library-. Your aacrifize of time,Brother,for the Marian Library is wonderful. Thank you very much for everythingo Fieldworker Mary Kolb of Washington is doing excellent vork toward extendiiJB our Union Catalogue.
Record Player and Marian recorda are nov added to o11r Library poasessions. Brother Muld ta and Miea Mary Jo Huth, both of Daytonlhave given us recordso The player is the gift of KoScb.-aut and JoTo Glaser, both of Dayt.:;,:":!.o T'"na:n..k you! Any victrola record 'Jf t~-i.ax,. music in any lA.."lgllA8e ia moat ae=
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